Designer, Builder, Process-Maker

I have worked to gain a holistic understanding of the AEC industry from both professional and research-based opportunities.‍ ‍


Andrew Boghossian is the deconstruction coordinator at Finger Lakes ReUse. He leads local salvage and deconstruction efforts and supports regional stakeholders in the adoption of reuse practices that can spur greater circularity. This is informed through his research and design practice— ABCDE.

He has conducted research into both the technical and biogenic cycling of materials in our built environment to develop LiDAR-assisted building surveying for material reuse and diversion from waste streams, as well as to test mycelium structural panels grown from local agricultural waste. Andrew received his Bachelor’s of Architecture at Cornell University in 2023 with a focus in architectural science and technology as well as a minor in Urban and Regional Studies. Andrew has previously worked in historic preservation, architectural design, and building deconstruction and salvage.

I work not just to perform design ideation to construction management services but develop a sustainable, design-focused practice of maximizing a building’s utility for clients and the environment by viewing what buildings can contribute over their entire life cycle---rather than what they can extract.

Work Experience

  • Coordinate local stakeholders to assist municipalities in adopting deconstruction legislation

    Plan and execute salvage and deconstruction events with in-house employees and volunteers

    Develop metrics and data on local building sector material reuse to develop life cycle assessments

  • Manage the production and design of mycelium structural materials using agricultural waste to produce high-strength biological material alternatives to modern high-carbon materials.

    Collaborated with City of Ithaca and 20 organizations in the development of deconstruction ordinance

    Developed building deconstruction assessment with metrics aided by LIDAR and photogrammetry

    Wrote article for SBE22 Berlin Symposium on success and future use of deconstruction assessment

  • Pre-design of 2,000 sqft residential project

    SD, DD, and CD for high-end 20,000 sqft residential complex project

    Compliance checks of building permit submission on 16,000 sqft commercial renovation

  • Authored an energy retrofit database for historic buildings in the North-Eastern United States

    United local nonprofits, builders, and government officials for an information campaign

    Organized public outreach event and survey with 50 responses

  • Performed cost estimations, assisted in salvage, and learned principles of circular economy

    Salvaged and maintained reclaimed materials from local buildings in 3,000 sqft warehouse

    Designed 2,000 sqft expansion of business property and oversaw work of 4 employees

  • Work to assistant students with projects and ensure safe conditions for fabrication

  • Wrote RFI’s and submittals, and managed subcontractors for 45,000 sqft educational building project

    Assessed Living Building Challenge compliance and coordinated at weekly project meetings

Awards and Exhibitions

  • 9/13/2024 - 10/13/2024

    A group exhibition. Exploring the forces that can light us up, and burn us down.

    exhibited four pieces included recently completed analytical map series on “Paradise, CA: Build to Burn,” for architectural Thesis: The Pyroscape

  • Recipient – Cornell University

    College of Architecture, Art, and Planning recipient in recognition of top academic honors with opportunity to recognize impactful educators at university and high school level

  • Recipient – College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

    Architecture faculty awarded honor in recognition of outstanding leadership and lasting impact by a student in the department exhibited in academic and extracurricular involvement

  • CCL Team Member – Art Omi Sculpture Park

    Permanent architectural installation using materials from a deconstructed house. First installed for the 2022 Cornell Biennial, it was deconstructed, redesigned, and reassembled---acting on circular construction principles

  • Exhibited Artist – Art Crawl May 2023

    Exhibition of three pieces crafted in mediums of sculpture and printmaking between 2021-2022 highlighting the precarity and reliability which occurs between biologic materials, human actors, and solar energy.

  • Honorable Mention – AFSF 2017

    Honorable mention from field of 68 student designs for a library at San Francisco’s historic Fort Mason.

Presentations and Lectures

  • 3/11/2026

    Invite of Benjamin Wilde

  • 11/12/25

    Invite of Professor Rebecca Nelson, Cornell University

  • 3/10/2025

    Invite of Visiting Assistant Professor Neal Lucas Hitch

  • 3/6/2025

    Symposium Presentation “Re-Imagine and Re-Build: Expanding the toolbox for youth engagement in reparative urban harvesting of the built environment”

  • 2/14/2023 Session Presentation on LiDAR assisted building assessments for deconstruction